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The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, founded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation, works to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity and to empower kids to develop lifelong, healthy habits. The Alliance works with schools, companies, community organizations, healthcare professionals and families to transform the conditions and systems that lead to healthier children.

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Today, nearly one out of every three young people in America, ages 2 to 19, is already overweight or obese – leading to a dramatic rise in Type 2 diabetes among children and presaging numerous health problems in adulthood.

Building on industry agreements that have reduced the number of beverage calories shipped to schools by 90 percent, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation is now focusing on helping provide more nutritious meal options to more than 30 million school children nationwide.

In one of the first efforts of its kind, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation is providing guidance for communities nationwide to transform the areas where kids spend their time before school, after school, and during school breaks.

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The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, founded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation, works to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity and to empower kids to develop lifelong, healthy habits. The Alliance works with schools, companies, community organizations, healthcare professionals and families to transform the conditions and systems that lead to healthier children. To learn more and join the movement, visit www.HealthierGeneration.org.